Inventors and Innovators 2x
Who invented Peanut Butter?
George Washington Carver
Who is considered the father of black history?
Carter G. Woodson
The first African American to coach a professional sports team
Bill Russell
Who was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad?
Harriett Tubman
This teenager from West Philadelphia starred in a popular 1990's sitcom
Will Smith
Who created the Iron Board?
Sarah Boone
Who founded Tuskegee University?
Booker T. Washington
Who was the youngest prizefighter ever to win the heavyweight championship of the world?
Mike Tyson
Who was the first Black student to attend an all-white school ?
Ruby Bridges
This republic was the first to gain independence in 1804
Haiti
Who invented Dry Cleaning?
Thomas Jennin
Which activist co-founded the black panther party in 1966?
Huey P. Newton (with Bobby Seale)
Jesse Owens is considered one of the greatest athletes in this sport
Track and Field
Who was the first African American to serve on the U.S Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
This animated comedy series created by Aaron McGruder highlights a black family moving into a predominantly white neighborhood
The Boondocks
What did John M. Lee invent?
Rubberized sport shoes (Sneakers)
Who is the founder of Black Wall Street
O.W Gurly
Most Decorated gymnast in olympic history
Simone Biles
Who was the teenager that was known as the first African American to refuse to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama before Rosa Parks?
Claudette Clovin
This actor and singer played the tin man in the movie "The Wiz"
Michael Jackson
What did Paul E Williams invent?
Helicopter
Which Chicago school teachers founded Howalton Day School in 1946?
June Howe, Doris Allen, and Charlotte Stratton.
The first American to win three gold medals at the 1960 Rome Olympics
Wilma Rudolph
Who is the first black self-made millionaire?
Madam C.J. Walker
This actor voiced Mufasa in the lion king and Darth Vader in Star Wars?
James Earl Jones